iavf: schedule a request immediately after add/delete vlan
authorPetr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:02:51 +0000 (17:02 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:56:37 +0000 (14:56 +0200)
commit0546cd573404d86ed53f07bed1a072dc2e808430
treeb7038034106eb00d8e0650ea867b8704e1be18f5
parent00bbedbd7c5ab55c5a9731fcffeac0654c6d0a6e
iavf: schedule a request immediately after add/delete vlan

[ Upstream commit 5f3d319a248654a805bafc9e7094bcea47dac6c7 ]

When the iavf driver wants to reconfigure the VLAN filters
(iavf_add_vlan, iavf_del_vlan), it sets a flag in
aq_required:
  adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
or:
  adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_VLAN_FILTER;

This is later processed by the watchdog_task, but it runs periodically
every 2 seconds, so it can be a long time before it processes the request.

In the worst case, the interface is unable to receive traffic for more
than 2 seconds for no objective reason.

Fixes: 5eae00c57f5e ("i40evf: main driver core")
Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ahmed Zaki <ahmed.zaki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski <rafal.romanowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c